5,000-year-old rock art depicting the oldest nativity scene ever found has been found in Egypt’s Sahara Desert: A newborn between parents, two animals, and a star in the east.

Reminiscent of the Bible’s account of Jesus’s birth, the prehistoric painting predates the biblical account by around 3,000 years.

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    Most Christian myths come from other religions, including the resurrection and the immaculate conception. Christianity is based on Judaism, which in itself is the remnant of a polytheistic religion in which Yahweh was only one of many gods. It also has influences from Egyptian, Greek myths and others from the region